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Influences of Geographic Environment. On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography
Ellen Churchill Semple's groundbreaking work, 'Influences of Geographic Environment. On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography,' delves into the intricate relationship between human societies and their physical surroundings. Published in 1911, Semple's book explores how factors such as climate, topography, and resources shape cultural and historical developments. Drawing inspiration from Friedrich Ratzel's anthropo-geography, Semple employs a meticulous and scholarly approach, blending geography, anthropology, and history to provide a comprehensive examination of the subject. Through detailed case studies and analyses, she showcases how various civilizations have been profoundly ...
Life, Earth, Colony
Life, Earth, Colony explores the ideas, life, and historical significance of German zoologist turned geographer Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904), famous for developing the foundations of geopolitical thought. Ratzel produced a remarkable body of work that revolutionized the study of space, movement, colonization, and war. He also served as a source of intellectual inspiration for national socialism, particularly through his Lebensraum (living space) concept, which understood all life as being caught in an eternal struggle for space. This book closely analyzes this radical conservative intellectual, focusing on his often-overlooked ethnography, biogeography, travel, and creative writing, and colonial activism as well as his more widely-known political geography. Life, Earth, Colony finds that there is an as yet unexplored necropolitical impulse at the heart of Ratzel’s entire oeuvre, a preoccupation with death and dying, which had a profound impact on twentieth-century history.
The History of the Study of Landforms Or The Development of Geomorphology
A volume which is devoted to the study of the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologists, William Morris Davis (1850-1934).
The History of the Study of Landforms Volume 2 (Routledge Revivals)
This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: the cycle of erosion denudation chronology arid and karst geomorphology the coral reef problem.
The History of the Study of Landforms, Or, The Development of Geomorphology
This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of isostasy and epeirogeny, and the first complete statements of the cycle of erosion and of polycyclic denudation chronology.
The History of the Study of Landforms - Volume 3
This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of isostasy and epeirogeny, and the first complete statements of the cycle of erosion and of polycyclic denudation chronology.
21st Century Geography
This is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
American Geography and Geographers
The rise of American geography as a distinctive science in the United States straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, extending from the post-Civil war period to 1970. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographic Science is the first book to thoroughly and richly explicate this history. Its author, Geoffrey J. Martin, the foremost historian on the subject and official archivist of the Association of American Geographers, amassed a wealth of primary sources from archives worldwide, which enable him to chart the evolution of American geography with unprecedented detail and context. From the initial influence of the German school to the emergence of Geography as a unique discipline in Am...
